CareerPlan

Research Lead / Senior Scientist (DMPK), London

LondonFull-time2026-10-28 → 2026-11-10
Hybrid

Core

Lead DMPK strategy for drug discovery projects using AI-first approaches to predict human dosing, efficacy, and safety windows.

Role type

Senior DMPK Lead / Scientist

Builds

Clinical candidates and AI/ADME models

Domain

Pharmaceutical R&D / Drug Discovery / AI for Science

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

DMPK strategy design, quantitative pharmacology, PKPD principles, biotransformation, regulatory document authoring, preclinical/clinical team collaboration, NAMs application, molecule design optimization

Preferred skills

PKPD modelling, machine learning techniques, R, Python, KNIME

Technologies

AI/ML, PBPK, KNIME, R, Python

Responsibilities

Design stage-appropriate DMPK strategies with AI integration; define screening cascades and mechanistic experiments; integrate DMPK/PD/toxicological data for decision-making; define Quantitative Pharmacology strategy; optimize Iso's datasets for DMPK questions; optimize molecule design based on physico-chemistry; author DMPK sections of regulatory documents.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with strategic direction